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Assembly backs Southeast seafood modernization project after debate over disaster funding
Summary
The assembly voted to support Resolution 31‑67, joining a regional seafood industry working group to pursue disaster‑supplemental funding for infrastructure, workforce and equipment; the motion carried 6‑1 after an amendment and debate over whether the grant fit the landslide disaster designation.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Feb. 9 adopted Resolution 31‑67, endorsing the Southeast Conference’s Southeast Seafood Modernization and Industry Acceleration Project and agreeing to participate as a coalition member.
Robert Venables of Southeast Conference outlined three program “buckets” — infrastructure (shared processing and equipment), workforce development and marketing/entrepreneurship — and said the group is…
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